New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
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The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures is a translation of the Bible published by the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society; it is used and distributed by Jehovah's Witnesses. The New Testament portion was released in 1950 as the New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures, with the first revised edition of the complete New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures released in 1961.
"“And some men should be with YOU, one man to a tribe; each is a head to the house of his fathers."
"“Jehovah our God spoke to us in Ho´reb, saying, ‘YOU have dwelt long enough in this mountainous region.""
"The earth will certainly be filled with the knowledge of Jehovah as the waters are covering the very sea."
"He was despised and was avoided by men,"
"No weapon formed against you will have any success, and you will condemn any tongue that rises up against you in the judgment."
"Arise, O woman, shed light, for your light has come. The glory of Jehovah shines on you. For look! darkness will cover the earth and thick gloom the nations; But on you Jehovah will shine, and on you his glory will be seen. Nations will go to your light and kings to your shining splendor."
"The kings of the earth take their stand"
"He loves righteousness and justice."
"Throw your burden on Jehovah,"
"For you, O Jehovah, are good and ready to forgive;"
"God said: “Because he has affection for me,"
"So, to me how precious your thoughts are! O God, how much does the grand sum of them amount to! Were I to try to count them, they are more than even the grains of sand. I have awaked, and yet I am still with you."
"All this I have seen, and there was an applying of my heart to every work that has been done under the sun, during the time that man has dominated man to his injury."
"All that your hand finds to do, do with your very power, for there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in She´ol, the place to which you are going."
"Remember, now, your Grand Creator in the days of your young manhood, before the calamitous days proceed to come, or the years have arrived when you will say: “I have no delight in them”;"
"“O that you were like a brother of mine, sucking the breasts of my mother! Should I find you outside, I would kiss you. People would not even despise me."
"The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares Jehovah of armies."
"The future glory of this house will be greater than the former, says Jehovah of armies."
"For his invisible [qualities] are clearly seen from the world’s creation onward, because they are perceived by the things made, even his eternal power and Godship, so that they are inexcusable;"
"For I consider that the sufferings of the present time do not amount to anything in comparison with the glory that is going to be revealed in us."
"If a man with gold rings on his fingers and in splendid clothing comes into your meeting, but a poor man in filthy clothing also enters,do you look with favor on the one wearing the splendid clothing and say, “You take this seat here in a fine place,” and do you say to the poor one, “You keep standing” or, “Take that seat there under my footstool”? If so, do you not have class distinctions among yourselves, and have you not become judges rendering wicked decisions?"
"Do not love either the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him; because everything in the world—the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the showy display of one’s means of life—does not originate with the Father, but originates with the world. Furthermore, the world is passing away and so is its desire, but the one who does the will of God remains forever."
"Before the throne was something resembling a glassy sea, like crystal. In the midst of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures that were full of eyes in front and behind. The first living creature was like a lion, and the second living creature was like a young bull, and the third living creature had a face like a man’s, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle."
"Because the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, will shepherd them and will guide them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe out every tear from their eyes."
"The seventh angel blew his trumpet. And there were loud voices in heaven, saying: “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will rule as king forever and ever.”"